Tag: Enlightenment Philosophy

TFS 49 – Internet Busybodies prove Peter Hitchens Concerns

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Peter Hitchens does a rather excellent job of describing our decline. It is not the moralist’s self-righteous ramblings that Hitchens brings to the table. But, rather a very tangible, quantifiable, decay in standards and practices that affect everything from personal interactions to jurisprudence.

Just today whilst on a check-out line, the gentleman ahead of me announced to the cashier how he was part of a Facebook group that ‘spied on crazy people.’

I discuss why this Stasi like behavior is concerning and tie it to Hitchens admonishments.

Finally, I launch into a discussion of Peter Hitchen’s 2018 appearance on Good Morning Britain. Thanks, for listening.

Hitchen’s on GMB

 

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TFS 20 – Garbage Language is Good, The Enlightenment is “Racist”, and I miss Opie

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In this installment I look at some funny ideas from around the web and do a bit of babbling regarding O and A.

Garbage Language is Good Article : https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/02/garbage-language-business-speak-defense.html

Enlightenment is Racist…article: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/taking-the-enlightenment-seriously-requires-talking-about-race.html

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Fractal Radio| Episode 7 – Caught in a Storm with Goethe and Bach (Music and Ideas)

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Lucky that I was close to a Gazebo when the downpour started. Gave me an opportunity for some nice atmospherics and I recorded a couple of musical bits for you. Which I used as a transition to talk about Goethe, Bach, enlightenment values, and make a brief critique of modern nostrums regarding prose.

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‘Murica Month| Speechcraft + 1776 (Vlog)

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A brief vlog discussing the importance of skilled oratory for every citizen of a democratic republic. June is ‘Murica month on Mellow Mission Productions. I’ll be reading up on all things Locke, Washington, 1776, and Murica. Videos and essays are forthcoming.

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Washington, Webster, and Lincoln (Lake English Classics ~ Denney)

1776 ~ DavidMcCullough

The Constitution Two Treatises of Government ~ John Locke

Common Sense ~ Thomas Paine

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